Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Chrysanthemum  plant named ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; freely flowering habit; large decorative-type inflorescences with light purple-colored ray florets; long flowering period; and excellent garden performance.

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DARK PAMPLONA JOGGER’.

CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY-RELATED APPLICATIONS

Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘Bronze Pamplona Jogger’

Applicant: Luc Remi Pieters

Filed: U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/066,464

Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘White Pamplona Jogger’

Applicant: Luc Remi Pieters

Filed: U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/066,461

Title: Chrysanthemum Plant Named ‘Yellow Pamplona Jogger’

Applicant: Luc Remi Pieters

U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,409

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’.

The new Chrysanthemum plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Pamplona Jogger’, not patented. The new Chrysanthemum plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant from within a population of plants of ‘Pamplona Jogger’ in a controlled greenhouse environment in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium in October, 2007.

Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by vegetative cuttings was first conducted in a controlled greenhouse environment in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium in January, 2008. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions and cultural conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant:

-   -   1. Uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant         habit; moderately vigorous growth habit.     -   2. Freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit.     -   3. Freely flowering habit.     -   4. Large decorative-type inflorescences with light         purple-colored ray florets.     -   5. Long flowering period.     -   6. Excellent garden performance.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from the parent, ‘Pamplona Jogger’, in ray floret color as plants of ‘Pamplona Jogger’ have pink-colored ray florets.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Tardel’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of ‘Tardel’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had larger inflorescences         than plants of ‘Tardel’.     -   2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had decorative type         inflorescences whereas plants of ‘Tardel’ had daisy type         inflorescences.     -   3. Ray florets of the new Chrysanthemum were light purple in         color whereas ray florets of plants of ‘Tardel’ were yellow in         color.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can also be compared to plants of Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Bronze Pamplona Jogger’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/066,464, Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘White Pamplona Jogger’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 13/066,461, and Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Yellow Pamplona Jogger’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,409. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘Bronze Pamplona Jogger’, ‘White Pamplona Jogger’ and ‘Yellow Pamplona Jogger’ in ray floret color.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Chrysanthemum plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum plant.

The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet are close-up views of the upper and lower surfaces of typical inflorescences (left) of ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’ and upper and lower surfaces of typical leaves (right) of ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the summer and autumn in 19-cm containers in an outdoor nursery in Staden-Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium and under conditions and practices which approximate those generally used in commercial Chrysanthemum production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 10° C. to 25° C. and night temperatures ranged from 5° C. to 15° C. Plants were 5.5 months old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2007 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Dark Pamplona     Jogger’. -   Parentage: Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of     Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Pamplona Jogger’, not patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—Terminal vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About 14 days at             temperatures of about 20° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About 20 days at             temperatures of about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 30 days             at temperatures of about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 40 days             at temperatures of about 20° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; light brown in color.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Appearance.—Perennial Chrysanthemum with decorative type             inflorescences; stems upright and outwardly spreading giving             a uniformly rounded appearance to the plant; very freely             branching habit with about 40 lateral branches developing             per plant; pinching enhances lateral branch development;             dense and full plant habit; moderately vigorous growth             habit.         -   Plant height.—About 37.5 cm.         -   Plant width.—About 61.5 cm.         -   Lateral branches.—Length: About 24.3 cm. Diameter: About             4 mm. Internode length: About 1.8 cm. Strength: Strong.             Aspect: Lateral branches positioned about 30° from the main             stem. Texture: Densely pubescent; longitudinally ridged.             Color: Close to 144A to 144B.         -   Leaves.—Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About             4.5 cm. Width: About 2.8 cm. Shape: Roughly ovate,             three-lobed. Apex: Acute. Base: Attenuate. Margin: Palmately             lobed and coarsely dentate, sinuses between lateral lobes             divergent to parallel. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:             Densely pubescent. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Color:             Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to N137C. Developing             leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C. Fully expanded leaves,             upper surface: Close to N137B; venation, close to N137B.             Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B;             venation, close to 146A. Petiole: Length: About 9 mm.             Diameter: About 2 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces:             Densely pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to 146B.             Color, lower surface: Close to 146C. -   Inflorescence description:     -   -   Appearance.—Decorative inflorescence form; inflorescences             borne on terminals above foliar plane; disc and ray florets             arranged acropetally on a capitulum.         -   Fragrance.—Moderately fragrant, pungent.         -   Flowering response.—Long flowering period; under natural             season conditions, plants flower continuously from             mid-September to late October in Belgium.         -   Postproduction longevity.—Inflorescences maintain good color             and substance for about three weeks in an outdoor nursery;             inflorescences not persistent.         -   Quantity of inflorescences.—About 30 inflorescences develop             per lateral branch; about 1,200 inflorescences per plant.         -   Inflorescence bud.—Height: About 7 mm. Diameter: About 8 mm.             Shape: Globular. Color: Close to 147B.         -   Inflorescence size.—Diameter: About 4.3 cm. Depth (height):             About 1.8 cm. Disc diameter: About 9 mm. Receptacle             diameter: About 3 mm. Receptacle height: About 3 mm.             Receptacle color: Close to 144C.         -   Ray florets.—Length: About 2.3 cm. Width: About 5 mm. Shape:             Narrowly obovate to oblanceolate. Apex: Broadly acute. Base:             Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Aspect: About 65° from vertical.             Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous;             longitudinally ridged. Number of ray florets per             inflorescence: About 80. Color: When opening and fully             opened, upper surface: Close to 75C and 76C to 76D; at the             base, close to 144D; color does not change with development.             When opening and fully opened, lower surface: Close to 75C             and 76C to 76D; at the base, close to 144D; color does not             change with development.         -   Disc florets.—Length: About 1.2 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm.             Shape: Tubular, filiform; apices narrowly acute. Texture,             inner and outer surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Number of disc             florets per inflorescence: About 60 massed at the center of             the inflorescence. Color, immature: Close to 64A; at the             base, close to 150C to 150D. Color, mature: Close to 64A; at             the base, close to 150C to 150D.         -   Phyllaries.—Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 24             arranged in about three whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width:             About 3 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex: Bluntly acute. Base:             Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper surface: Smooth,             glabrous. Texture, lower surface: Pubescent. Color, upper             surface: Close to 147C; margins, close to 199A. Color, lower             surface: Close to 147B; margins, close to 199A.         -   Peduncles.—Length, terminal peduncle: About 4.8 cm. Length,             fourth peduncle: About 5 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm. Aspect:             Erect to about 20° from vertical. Strength: Strong. Texture:             Densely pubescent. Color: Close to 138A to 138B.         -   Reproductive organs.—Androecium: Not observed. Gynoecium:             Not observed.         -   Seed/fruit.—Seed and fruit production have not been             observed. -   Disease/pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to     Chrysanthemums has not been observed on plants grown under     commercial conditions. -   Garden performance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have     demonstrated excellent garden performance, are hardy to USDA     Hardiness Zones 7 to 8 and will tolerate high temperatures of about     35° C. 

1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dark Pamplona Jogger’ as illustrated and described. 